PARTHENON - ACROPOLIS CENSORED VIDEO BY K. GAVRAS

The Orthodox Church has lobbied the Greek Government to have an educational video, shown in the new Acropolis Museum, banned. The 'offending' clip was produced by famous film-maker Costas Gavras, and shows black-clad monks destroying parts of the Parthenon. Despite the film's historical accuracy, Culture Minister Antonis Samaras was forced to censor the clip. Gravas, best known for the anti-Junta movie "Z", was understandably outraged. As the role of the Greek Minister of Culture is to placate Orthodoxy's senior clergy, we feel that it may be more appropriate if the Ministry were relocated to Mount Athos, and renamed the Ministry of Holy Relics and Weeping Icons.